Most Actively-Traded ETFs

The QQQ ETF is the 4th most actively-traded ETF in the market, and it replicates the holdings and tracks the performance of the Nasdaq 100 index.

However, if investors are looking to gain some exposure to Facebook through ETFs, without directly owning the company's common stock, they may want to look beyond the QQQs.

Nasdaq 100/QQQ ETF Weightings of Select Large Cap Techs

Apple

16.3%

Microsoft

7.3%

Google

7.3%

Oracle

4.9%

Amazon.com

3.6%

Qualcomm

3.5%

Cisco Systems

3.4%

Intel

3.2%

eBay

2.1%

Source: Thomson Reuters

Based on the $30 billion market cap of its float (the shares available for public trading), Facebook will probably have a weighting of around 1 percent in the QQQ ETF – about the same weighting as Baidu, DirecTV and Priceline.com.

While that makes it one of the top 25 most influential stocks on the Nasdaq 100, Facebook's index weighting will still be much smaller than some of the bigger larger cap tech stocks:

ETFs with Facebook Exposure

Ticker

Name

Facebook Weighting

SOCL

Global X Social Media ETF

14%

FPX

First Trust U.S. IPO ETF

10%

FDN

First Trust DJ Internet ETF

4%

Since Facebook had its IPO nearly 7 months ago, a number of other ETFs have already incorporated the stock into its holdings. Those ETFs provide an even greater exposure to Facebook than the QQQ ETF, but are much more thinly-traded and have far fewer assets under management.